Two Windows servers under the same account in different location overwriting each other's server name

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: Version 1.20.4.3517
Player Version#: Version 4.43.4
I recently installed an additional windows server at my Kids Mom’s house (ex-wife) under the same account with the same folder structure. I search the forums and i follow some instructions I found here to be able to copy the app data files so I didn’t have to copy the artwork but it also copied the server name. I changed the server name of my kid’s server but my server name here at home also gets overwritten to their server name.
I uninstalled their server from my kid’s windows computer and completely deleted the app data from the Plex folder and installed it again and I’m still having the same issue.

any ideas on how to fix this issue?

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There is information in the Windows registry to track your server. Looks like you copied that over as well, but didn’t remove it when you tried to fix things. Follow the steps in Why am I locked out of Server Settings and how do I get in? | Plex Support to remove your account info from the registry. Then reclaim the server. This should now show up as a separate server.

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That won’t be sufficient in this case, I’m afraid.

See I want to backup my Genre tags from one server and restore them onto a new server
(Only the second part of this post, where it lists the keys to remove from the server configuration.)

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